DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER Reporting on 2002/03 How to see the 3D illusion Hold the image close to your face and slowly pull it away. Look through the image without focusing on it. Stop at a reading distance and try not to blink. E Acercar la imagen a la cara, alejándolo lentamente. Intentar mirar la imagen sin enfocar. Parar a la distancia de lectura sin pestañear. EH Irudia aurpegira hurbildu, pixkanaka aldenduz. Saiatu fokatu gabe begiratzen. Irakurtzeko tartean geratu kliskatu gabe. SSF Laita kuva lähelle kasvojasi ja työnnä sitten hitaasti kauvemaksi katsoen kokokuvaa. Pysäytä ja katso räpyttämättä silmiä. F Tenir l’image près du visage et l’éloigner lentement. Essayer de regarder à travers sans cligner des yeux. I Avvicinare la imma- gine al viso, allontanandola lentamente. Cercare di guardare la immagine senza focalizzare. Fermarla alla distanza idonea per la lettura e non sbattere le ciglia. SE Håll bilden några centimeter från ditt ansikte och flytta den sakta ut. Titta igenom bilden utan att fokusera på den. Håll den på läsaustand och försök att inte blinka. izfrfcEc dks vius psgjs ds utnhd j[ksa vkSj fQj /khjs & /khjs mls vius ls nwj ys tk;saA viuk ;ku izfrfCkEc ij dsfUnzr fd;s fcuk mlesa ns[krs jgsaA vkSj fcuk iyd >idkrs gq;s Li"V i<+us dh nwjh ij tk dj :dsA D Halten Sie das Bild nahe an Ihr Gesicht. Während Sie den Abstand langsam vergrössern, schauen Sie das Bild an ohne zu fokussieren. Halten Sie es in normalem Leseabstand und versuchen Sie, nicht zu blinzeln. DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER ©2004 Magic Eye Inc. www.magiceye.com Creative direction and design by Lauren Hammond ([email protected]) Text coordination and revision by Elixabete Mendizabal ([email protected]) Photography by Adrian Collins ([email protected]), Lamia (Irún, Spain) and José Manuel Bielsa (San Sebastián, Spain) Film output and printing by Zyma Servicios Gráficos ([email protected]) Reporting on 2002/03 the task is, not so much to see what no one has yet seen; but to think what nobody has yet thought, about that which everyone sees. Erwin Schrödinger INSIDE Reporting on 2002/03 Welcome to the DIPC Foundation . 5 Our Patrons . .11 New Space The Opening of DIPC Computation Center . .13 Research Activity . 17 Scientific Highlights . 19 DIPC Publications 2002/03 . .41 Our Researchers . 57 Visiting Researchers . 67 The Seminars . 87 The Workshops . 97 Public Lectures . .129 Pedro Miguel Echenique Landiribar President DIPC started as an intellectual center with the principal aim of promoting and facilitating the development of basic and oriented research in materials science to the highest level. WELCOME TO THE DIPC FOUNDATION Present and Future The Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) The aim of the Visiting Researchers Program Foundation was created in 1999, as a fruit of was to attract the best scientists in the field of foresighted collaborations between the Depart- materials science. Thus, an interaction platform ments of Education and Industry of the Basque between researchers of high recognition from Government, the University of the Basque other countries and our researchers was estab- Country, the Provincial Authority of Gipuzkoa, the lished. From this platform, the emergence of new Town Hall of San Sebastian and the savings bank, joint project proposals would not only be favored Kutxa of San Sebastian and Gipuzkoa. but the creation of an international network which allows for a better understanding and dif- DIPC started as an intellectual center with the fusion of our own scientific activity. principal aim of promoting and facilitating the development of basic and oriented research in The International Workshops Program was materials science to the highest level. DIPC has intended to create new platforms for debate in therefore been open and associated to the which experts from different arenas but with University of the Basque Country and an interna- common goals would contribute to the resolu- tionalization platform for basic science in the tion of hot topics. Rather than adopting the Basque Country in the field of materials science. In order to meet these goals, in the first consoli- Pedro Miguel Echenique Landiribar is Professor of Condensed Matter dation stage, three basic programs were estab- Physics at the University of the Basque Country. He obtained his PhD at lished: Cambridge (1976) and Barcelona (1977) and has Honorary degrees from Cambridge (Doctor of Science 1998) and Doctor Honoris Causa from 1. Visiting Researchers Program Valladolid (2000). He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (FAPS) 2. International Workshops Program and of the American Association for the Advancements of Science (FAAAS). 3. General Science Communication Program He is recipient of Prince of Asturias of Scientific Research Prize, Max Planck Physics Prize, Euskadi Prize of Investigation, Iberdrola Prize of Science and Technology, Gold Medal of the University of the Basque Country and of the City of San Sebastian, Great Cross of Alfonso Xth El Sabio. DIPC 02/03 5 Juan Colmenero de León General Director In this short period, DIPC has become a center of reference in basic research of Materials Physics. In addition to DIPC scientific level, it is also gaining recognition internationally as a center of innovation, as other universities and research centers have recently shown interest in our model of operation. conventional format of a conference, informal published in journals such as, Physical Review meeting with a reduced number of invited scien- Letters (21 papers) and Physical Review (55 tists was preferred in order to provide plenty of papers). This means that the contribution in free time for discussions. 2002-03 from DIPC in these journals is in the order of 8% of the total contribution by Spanish Finally, the General Science Communication institutions. This is quite an achievement for such Program was intended to bring the world of sci- a young institution. ence to the public. The social implication of this program is evident since a person will not be It is also important to note the launching of the considered educated without some basic knowl- first stage of Fellows Guipuzkoa. This program, edge of scientific and technical issues. under the financial support of the Provincial Authority of Guipuzkoa, allows young scientists, After four years, we can say that the objectives mostly from the Basque Country, who have been we set from the start have been accomplished. In working abroad, to return. DIPC acts as a “landing this short period, DIPC has become a center of platform” by means of a five-year contract. reference in basic research of Materials Physics. The relevance is supported by the quality of the researchers who have visited the center, the Juan Colmenero de León is Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the international level of the workshops held and University of the Basque Country. He obtained his PhD in Physics by the University of Navarra (1979). His research activities are Polymer Physics most of all, the importance of the scientific con- and Non-Crystalline Materials. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the tributions derived from the research activity. For Journals: Colloid & Polymer Science (Springer) and Journal of Polymer instance, during the period of the time of this Science B, Polymer Physics (WILEY). He is also Chairman of the Selection Panel of the European Project “Jülich Neutrons for Europe” and Spanish report, 2002-03, 187 original papers have been representative at the Advisory Committee of the Institute Laue Langevin (ILL, Grenoble). He has been awarded the “Xabier María de Munibe” Prize in Science & Technology (1998) given by the Basque Parliament and the Euskadi Prize of Research in Science & Technology (2000) given by the Basque Government. DIPC 02/03 7 Alberto López Basaguren Secretary We hope that the new computation center will become one of the basic pillars for future developments of scientific activity at DIPC through continuous updates in hardware. The principal objective in this second stage of development is the creation of a critical mass of staff researchers at DIPC. In addition to DIPC scientific level, it is also with permanent staff positions, but of habilitating gaining recognition internationally as a center of medium term contract staff (one to three years) innovation, as other universities and research in numbers which would allow for the proper centers have recently shown interest in our exploitation of existing know how and resources. model of operation. In order to reach this objective, we have started a new postdoctoral and PhD contract grant pro- Spurred by these remarkable results after our ini- gram. These new programs, along with the tial launching stage, we now face the challenge established Fellows Guipuzkoa, and the external of developing DIPC into a powerful center for grant systems, will enable for the attainment of a basic research. Along the same line, we can critical mass of researchers based at DIPC. include the creation of our new in-house Computation Center. This center arose with the The deployment of these programs also requires aim of becoming an international reference in a substantial increase in the budget of the complex computational physics and materials Foundation. In addition, new spaces will have to simulation. We hope that the center will become be made available, which will involve the refur- one of the basic pillars for future developments of bishment of the fourth building at the DIPC scientific activity at DIPC through continuous premises. updates in hardware. The principal objective in this second stage of Alberto López Basaguren is Professor of constitutional law. He obtained development is the creation of a critical mass of his degree in political sciences from Universidad Complutense in Madrid and PhD from the University of the Basque Country (1990).